"Bottle In The Bedroom"

I recorded this song for my cassette collection “Making a Mess,” which is one of my personal favorites. It’s just a bunch of early songs I wrote, recorded in “everything-including-the-kitchen-sink” fashion. No commercial potential whatsoever! I began work on a sequel, “Another Fine Mess,” but never finished it. I leave a trail of unfinished projects wherever I go.

Bottle In The Bedroom

© 1983 Brian Hutzell

She's living with a bottle by her bed

It helps her get to sleep by lightening her head

"Just a little now and then," she says

But that little bit can sometimes make a mess

You know, making a mess of her brain

Making her insane

Making a mess of her mental facility

Hampering her mechanical ability

Wreaking havoc with her thought processes

When taken in reckless excesses

(Would you like a drink?)

She's got a bottle in the bedroom

And she touches it more and more

What does she need it for?

It knocks her to the floor

In the morning her head is sore

All the time it's making a mess

(Oh yes!)

Making a mess of her sense of discretion

Creating unneeded liquid excretion

She's got a bottle in the bedroom

And it's making a mess

And why should I have to clean it up?

That's not my job

She's such a slob

She can't even tell she's losing touch

Something she does not think about much